By Rebecca Ampah
Head of Public Affairs at the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), John Kapi, has cautioned invigilators and teachers against aiding candidates in examination malpractices.
Speaking in an interview on GTV’s Breakfast Show, he explained: “I am unable to tell specifically what the motivation is for teachers or invigilators to want to assist these young ones who literally are starting life on a negative note of cheating.”
John Kapi noted that WAEC has held stakeholder engagements to address the issue: “We tried to draw the attention of the educational authorities to the menace of examination malpractices, but there are a number of them who are still involved.”
He revealed that some perpetrators have already faced the law: “Some were arrested, prosecuted, given custodial sentences and others were fined.”
Touching on the way forward, John Kapi said WAEC’s collaboration with the Ghana Education Service (GES) is yielding results: “The collaboration with the GES is quite exciting because, going forward, they are to take punitive actions against any teacher found culpable in this menace.”
This caution comes in the wake of WAEC’s recent press statement following the release of the 2025 BECE results, which highlighted cases of examination malpractices involving some invigilators.
